INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research
Vol 1 No 2 (2020): Vol. 1 No. 2 December 2020

Who is more anxious in learning a foreign language: males or females?

Defira Afrianti (Department of English Education, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia)
Mauloeddin Afna (Department of English Education, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia)

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Publish Date
28 Dec 2020

Abstract

This study aims to investigate English speaking anxiety experienced by students on gender difference. This quantitative study applied a comparative design with 122 English students (male: 20,5%) as a research sample using the proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The data were collected by Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale by Horwitz that consist of 33 statements. By independent sample t-test, the result showed that the anxiety means a score of male students was 89,60, and the female was 93,24, with a p-value of 0,203. It indicated that the anxiety experienced by males and females was not significantly different.

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INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research
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Abbrev

inspira

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Institut Agama Islam Negeri Zawiyah Cot Kala Langsa

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Religion Humanities Social Sciences

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INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research accepts empirical-research articles in any psychology-related subjects and any research methodology (i.e., experimental, observational, ethnographic, survey, interpretive) corresponding to the area of psychology or behavioral science that meet ...